Acronym · Photonics, MEMS & Sensors
CDS (Correlated Double Sampling)
A readout technique that samples the pixel right after reset and again after charge transfer, subtracting the two to cancel reset noise and much of the offset and low-frequency noise.
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The main reason modern CMOS sensors reach sub-electron read noise.
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